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English
Etymology
From weal (“prosperity; welfare”) + woe (“great distress or sadness; calamity, trouble”). Compare Dutch wel en wee, Swedish väl och ve.
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
in weal and woe
- In both prosperity and adversity; in good times and bad.
Translations
in both prosperity and adversity
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